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Virtualization of graphics resources

US8089488B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

John Stauffer · معلمی نژاد, US
Bob Beretta · South Lake Tahoe, US
Ken Dyke · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2010
Grant date	Jan 3, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G5/399
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients.

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